title: Application of a three-dimensional reconstruction method to analysis of the residual ridge.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to develop a new method of analysing the shape of the residual ridge. The line of the residual ridge crest was regarded as the reference for artificial tooth arrangement and a method of determining it was evaluated. The shape of a plaster model was measured with a contact-type shape measurement system. The measurement data in each frontal section were interpolated by cubic splines. The points corresponding to the residual ridge crest were calculated and superimposed onto the image of the plaster model on a monitor screen of an image processor. Using these points and the image of the plaster model, the line of the residual ridge crest was marked on the plaster model. It was concluded that this method could be used to determine the line of the residual ridge crest on a plaster model.
authors.affiliation: The Second Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Kagoshima University Dental School, Kagoshima City, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawahata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamashita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hamano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nagaoka
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology*; D016288:Computer Terminals; D003626:Data Display; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000473:pathology; D003779:Denture Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000473:pathology*; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology; D003765:Models, Dental; D014093:Tooth, Artificial